International Marxist Tendency

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International Marxist Tendency
AbbreviationIMT
LeaderAlan Woods
FounderTed Grant
Founded1992 (as Committee for a Marxist International)
Split fromCommittee for a Workers' International
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Colors  Red
Party flag
Website
www.marxist.com

The International Marxist Tendency (IMT) is a Trotskyist political international founded by British-based South African political theorist Ted Grant and his supporters after they broke with the Committee for a Workers' International in 1992. The organization's website, Marxist.com or In Defence of Marxism, is edited by Alan Woods. The site is multilingual, and publishes international current affairs articles written from a Marxist perspective, as well as many historical and theoretical articles.

The IMT has announced it will relaunch itself as the Revolutionary Communist International at its World School of Communism in June 2024.[1]

History

Militant (also known as the Militant tendency) was an entryist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was founded in 1964. In 1974, Militant and its allies in Sweden, Ireland, and other countries formed the Committee for a Workers' International. The organisation gained more members during the 1970s and early 1980s and dominated the Labour Party in Liverpool. It became the largest Trotskyist group in Europe. In 1983, the five members of the Militant newspaper's editorial board were expelled for contravening the Labour Party constitution and expulsions of Militant members continued throughout the rest of the decade.[2][3][4]

Ted Grant was a longtime leader of Militant until it split in early 1992 over a number of issues and he was expelled But he and his supporters were expelled from the tendency and formed Socialist Appeal in Britain.[5]

At its World Congress in 2004, the organisation was renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT).[6]

Sections of the IMT

Map which depicts where the International Marxist Tendency has presence.
Where the International Marxist Tendency has presence.
Country Name English name National affiliation
 Argentina Revolución Revolution
 Austria Der Funke The Spark Socialist Youth Austria
 Australia Revolution Australia
 Bangladesh IMT বাংলাদেশ

IMT Bānlādēśa

IMT Bangladesh
 Belgium
  • Vonk
  • Révolution
  • The Spark
  • Revolution
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Serbia

 North Macedonia

 Slovenia

Crveni

Црвени

Rdeči

Reds
 Brazil Organização Comunista Internacionalista Internationalist Communist Organisation

 Canada

Revolutionary Communist Party[7]
  • Parti communiste révolutionnaire
Revolutionary Communist Party
 Chile CMI – Octubre IMT – October
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
Komunistická Avantgarda Communist Vanguard
 Colombia Colombia Marxista Marxist Colombia
 Denmark Revolutionære Socialister Revolutionary Socialists
 El Salvador Bloque Popular Juvenil United Front of the Youth
 Finland Vallankumous Revolution
 France Révolution Revolution
 Germany Der Funke The Spark The Left
 United Kingdom
Revolutionary Communist Party
 Greece Επαναστατική Κομμουνιστική Οργάνωση
Epanastatikí Kommounistikí Orgánosi
Revolutionary Communist Organisation
 Guatemala Bloque Popular Juvenil Youth Popular Block
 Honduras Izquierda Marxista Marxist Left
 Hungary Fáklya Torch
 India Bolshevik IMT India Bolshevik IMT India
 Indonesia Perhimpunan Sosialis Revolusioner Revolutionary Socialist Assembly
 Ireland Irish Marxists
 Italy Sinistra Classe Rivoluzione Left, Class, Revolution
 Malaysia Ombak Revolusi Waves of Revolution
 Mexico La Izquierda Socialista The Socialist Left National Regeneration Movement
 Morocco رابطة العمل الشيوعي
Rābita al-'amal al-shuyu'ī
Communist League
 Netherlands Revolutie Revolution
 New Zealand Socialist Appeal
 Nigeria Workers' Alternative
 Norway Revolusjon Revolution
 Latvia Starptautiskā Marksista Tendence – Latviešu Sekcija International Marxist Tendency – Latvian Section
 Pakistan لال سلام
Lal Salaam
Red Salute
 Peru CMI Perù IMT Perù
 Poland Czerwony front Red Front
 Portugal Colectivo Marxista Marxist Collective
 Sri Lanka සමාජවාදී දියුණුව

Samājavādī Diyuṇuva

Forward Socialist
 South Africa Revolution
 Spain Lucha de Clases
  • L'Octubre

Class Struggle

  • October
 Sweden Revolutionära Kommunistiska Partiet Revolutionary Communist Party
 Switzerland In German Switzerland: Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei
In Romandy: Parti communiste révolutionnaire
Revolutionary Communist Party Young Socialists Switzerland
 Syria البديل الماركسي – سوريا
ِAl-Badīl al-Marksī – Sūriyā
Marxist Alternative – Syria
 Singapore Marxist League Singapore
 Taiwan 火花
Huǒhuā
The Spark
 Thailand IMT ประเทศไทย

IMT Pratheṣ̄thịy

IMT Thailand
 Timor-Leste Marxista Revolusionariu Revolutionary Marxist
 Turkey Sosyalist Devrim Socialist Revolution
 United States Revolutionary Communists of America
 Ukraine Комуна
Komuna
Commune
 Venezuela Lucha de Clases Class Struggle Popular Revolutionary Alternative[8]

References

  1. ^ "It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International". In Defence of Marxism. International Marxist Tendency. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Who, What, Why: What was Militant?". BBC News. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ Wintour, Patrick (16 July 2014). "Labour Picks Fight With Militant Tendency". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Kinnock Moves Against Militant". BBC News. 27 November 1985. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ Wade, Bob (27 July 2006). "Obituary: Ted Grant". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Conference of the international Marxist tendency: An historic meeting". In Defence of Marxism. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Montreal Marxist Winter School 2024: The Revolutionary Communist Party has arrived!".
  8. ^ Vásquez, Paola (25 September 2020). "Venezuela: faced with the attacks against the Popular Revolutionary Alternative – class and revolutionary solidarity!". Marxist.com. In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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